Information

The Auditor's Office:

Assembles information regarding real and personal property ownership for the purpose of establishing a fair market value, computation of the assessed value and application of the taxing millage rate to produce revenue to be collected by the Cherokee County Treasurer.

Prepares and list all taxable personal property on the County's tax roll:

Cars/Trucks

Campers/Motor Homes

Motorcycles

Watercrafts/Motors

Aircraft

Furniture/Fixures & Equipment

Enters assessed values of all real property under the jurusdiction of the Cherokee County Assessor on the tax roll

Enters all assessments certified by the South Carolina Department of Revenue

Manufacturing Real & Personal

Industrial Real & Personal

Utilities/Railroads

Authorizes all additions, discoveries, omissions, and abatements to the tax roll

Ascertains personal property listed in manuals furnished by the South Carolina Department of Revenue is taxed in accordance with such manuals, guidelines, rules and regulations

Applies penalities to taxes and assessments which remain unpaid as of statutorily defined due dates

Administers the Homestead Exemption Program on the local level and determines eligibility for county residents

Adminsters proper application of property tax exemptions certified by the DOR and also those authorized by provisions of the Soldiers & Sailors Relief Act, (LES forms) for active duty military personnel.